Re: Help with MOL: start in a window + networking

2006-11-26 Thread William Xu
Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there list, > > I have just installed the new version of MOL (0.9.71) on my Sid install on > iBook G4. It works like a charm, but I can't find a way to start it in a > window instead of fullscreen. > Can someone give me a hint? With default setting

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:33:19PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Yes. We could but it would add another package on archive while the > >> fix is a simple change on initramfs itself. I don't think it's a good > >> trade of. > > > > Well, the initramf

compiz startup error

2006-11-26 Thread William Xu
Hi all, I'm trying to get compiz work on my ibook G4(debian unstable), following http://wiki.debian.org/Compiz. Now when i start compiz, it complains, ,[ error ] | $ compiz --replace | libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b | /usr/bin/compiz.real: Another window manager

CapsLock freezing Yaboot...

2006-11-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear all, I just would like to mention a bug I reported recently: pressing CapsLock (on a PC keyborad, my Apple keyboard had a tragic accident), freezes yaboot. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=399330 Does it happen on other machines? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Yes. We could but it would add another package on archive while the >> fix is a simple change on initramfs itself. I don't think it's a good >> trade of. > > Well, the initramfs-tools is a hook based technology. We could add that hook > to a package depe

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:10:19PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Well, it's right and wrong. Those modules don't need to be available > >> while booting but be loaded just after init is being run (I might be > >> wrong here) but if I got right there

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well, it's right and wrong. Those modules don't need to be available >> while booting but be loaded just after init is being run (I might be >> wrong here) but if I got right there's a problem on 2.6.18 kernel that >> doesn't instruct udev to load them an

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 08:39:26PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 23:11 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > >> Indeed, but i guess that with etch now soon supporting 2.6.18 kernels, all > >> apple powerpc hardware will be supported

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 23:11 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >> Indeed, but i guess that with etch now soon supporting 2.6.18 kernels, all >> apple powerpc hardware will be supported. At least this is one benefit of >> apple going over to intel :) > > Heh :)

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Johannes Berg
On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 23:11 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Indeed, but i guess that with etch now soon supporting 2.6.18 kernels, all > apple powerpc hardware will be supported. At least this is one benefit of > apple going over to intel :) Heh :) > Johannes, actually this is a different issue, >

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 07:25:27PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Hi, > > > During installation. How often does one install? Holger, you should know i have installed that box maybe 4-5 times a day, and stayed in the installer a long time in order to investigate various bugs, including the infamous

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Johannes Berg
Hi, > During installation. How often does one install? Well, it does take a while :) Though when I installed mine, the installer didn't work at all yet because the kernel was too old so I built my own installer... I also occasionally hack the low level kernel code so I guess I simply don't count

Help with MOL: start in a window + networking

2006-11-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there list, I have just installed the new version of MOL (0.9.71) on my Sid install on iBook G4. It works like a charm, but I can't find a way to start it in a window instead of fullscreen. Can someone give me a hint? Plus, where can I find a guide on how to configure the network so that the v

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sunday 26 November 2006 11:39, Johannes Berg wrote: > > And really, loud fans are an issue, but they don't make the installer > > completly usuable (play some louder music during the 30mins of > > installations, whatever) for the minority of powerpc users with such a > > hardware, while the

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Alex Fernandez
My humble opinion as an occassional user of Debian-powerpc. One of the selling points of Free Software in general, and Debian in particular, is that the people doing the coding are the people in charge. If this fails to happen then the decision process must be refined. I have not followed the di

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:37:40AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Saturday 25 November 2006 23:08, Sven Luther wrote: > > Thank you for this, why could you not at least leave me alone ? > > Because you spread FUD about the debian-powerpc port and claim it's so broken > it needs to be r

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:37:40AM +0100, Holger Levsen a écrit : > And really, loud fans are an issue, but they don't make the installer > completly usuable (play some louder music during the 30mins of installations, > whatever) for the minority of powerpc users with such a hardware Hi Holger,

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Johannes Berg
> And really, loud fans are an issue, but they don't make the installer > completly usuable (play some louder music during the 30mins of installations, > whatever) for the minority of powerpc users with such a hardware, while there Clearly you belong to the majority who don't own such a machin

Re: GWorkspace doesn't work in Sarge

2006-11-26 Thread Yavor Doganov
Jeffrey Rolland wrote: > > I have a Power Macintosh 7500/100 running Debian Sarge. > > I have recently switched from KDE to GNUStep/WindowMaker, and I am > having a problem with GWorkspace. [...] > Can anyone help sort out why GWorkspace doesn't work? I would really > appreciate any assistanc

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-26 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Saturday 25 November 2006 23:08, Sven Luther wrote: > Thank you for this, why could you not at least leave me alone ? Because you spread FUD about the debian-powerpc port and claim it's so broken it needs to be removed from etch?! > joeyh accused me of delaying single-handledly the relea